The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-24

way was sitting that made the injury so bad. It
hurt me for eight months six months after had
named John G. Sullivan. He was not regular at
tendant on that ward but was on another ward He
was there te1nporarily while Lowry Hendsssk5, the
is nice fellow. except when he gets mad cohsiler
him then as crazy man as airy in the asylum Ho
had no control over himself at all
Q.-How frequently patients choked.
Am average of three times week in my ward,
H ward. They were choked to cause them to be
quiet.
Odd the attendants strike them9
A.--Not often. didn't see half dozen men struck
striking Lowry Hendricks and Charles Stewart. the
attendants in the ward. treated me we'll Phil Vidito
saw Hendricks choke man, but it was to save him
self patient having thrown him down. don't think
Hendricks would mistreat aman. Stewart mistreated
them very little. lie WASH strong enough TO lstret
anybody. never saw Vidito mistreat anybody. D
two weeks saw Sullivan choke half dozen perso
Wesley Lane, banker; Israel Garry, clerk
the Boone Circuit Court; John A. Abbott, Thos
j. Terhune. Judge of the Boone Circuit Court;
Oliver P. Mahan, attorney; Henry T. Dodson,
farmer, and Jacob S. Cobb, deputy sheriff. all OF
Lebanon, We're one after another placed unon the
stand by Mr. Wesner, Dr. Harr;son's counsel, TO
testify to the reputation of the Doctor for truth
and veracity and for morality Mr. Wesner was
careful to fix the limit at eight years ago in his
inquiry, and strenuously objected to the cross
examination going further back into the Doctor s
medical history He tried to make it appear that
turned out OF the medical profession and
after his trial or the charges presented to the
Board of County Commissioners of Boone coun-
| ty to prevent him from teaching. Mr.. Wesners
skill met with only partial success, as Mr. Grit
| fths on the cross examination, disclosed.
At the close of the afternoon session the fol-
| lowing action was taken by the committee:
| Resolved, That an expert bookkeeper be appointed
to examine the books of the different benevolent in
situations and report the to this committee as
| soon as possible
! At the evening session Thomas w. Rynn was
| placed the stand. He testified that he had
! been employed at the hospital. commencing in
| November 1888 and leaving sometime in De
| cember, 1854 He had helped to kill hogs at the
hospital = In driving hogs up to Kill. he remem-
| bored driving over dead ones. Some of the TO e
| were hardly able to walk. The witness had been
| raised on farm and knew they had the cholera
| The witness had seen patients misused. He was
| on a front ward, where the best patients we're.
He remembered the case of patient nance
| Campbell from Liberty The patient used K
| become boisterous Campbell was taken Of
| the ward one fevening and put IN j
| ward. The next morning he came back 81
| badly bruised, and with his ribs broken, tina
he could not put on his undershirt or socks o.
| straighten himself. He said they had kicket
and beat him. and an attendant told me that n
had held candidate while another attendan
kicked him. The attendant who told the wit
ness that was George Stevens who, he said hat
helped him kill the cholera hogs.
The failure of majority of the Republican
mem hers to be present precluded the taking Q
further testimony, and adjournment was mad
| until 9 o'clock this morning